Until recently in Denver, a bar or restaurant was just that — a place to grab a bite, somewhere to have a drink, a space for diners and drinkers to pile in and hopefully enjoy a little something. For me, that began to change about a year ago. With the 2018 opening of Beckon, a […]

Room for Milly, the latest project from entrepreneurs Fiona Arnold and Jeffrey Knott (Blue Sparrow Coffee, Queens Eleven) is an upscale drinking establishment with a theme (Milly Parker’s life) and fabulous design. This crew takes their surfaces and textures very seriously, and they’re equally particular about their cocktails. What’s more, our very own Kate Meyers (Kate […]

Legendary 1920s socialite Milly Parker was known for trysts, travel and a general commitment to extravagance. On Friday, February 28 Room for Milly — a namesake bar from Queens Eleven and Blue Sparrow Coffee’s Jeffrey Knott and Fiona Arnold — will open on Platte, bringing to the neighborhood a lavish watering hole. Filling a void left by […]

Long ago, when viaducts still spanned the no-man’s-land between downtown and the Highland neighborhood, Denver’s bohemian crowd flocked to 15th and Platte streets for late-night coffee and cigarettes at Paris on the Platte, or to Muddy Waters on the Platte, just up the hill. But both coffeehouses are long gone (Paris on the Platte held […]

We now know when a new cocktail bar will be opening in the Circa Building at 1615 Platte St. — 3:33 p.m. We just don’t know which day yet. But it’s coming soon. In February. Room for Milly, a small 30-something seat bar with a “casual lux feel,” will aim to be a destination for […]